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POL2024

The Politics of Climate Change

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Autumn 2025
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction Norwegian
Location Trondheim
Examination arrangement School exam

About

About the course

Course content

This course examines climate change as a political problem at the international, national, and local levels. The course focuses on the major theoretical explanations for why responding to such a serious problem (both in terms of mitigation and adaptation) is proving so difficult. The course also examines some of the suggested solutions and the challenges that these entail.

Learning outcome

Knowledge - the student shall:

  • acquire basic knowledge about climate change and its potential socioeconomic consequences
  • develop knowledge of major theoretical approaches used to understand the difficulties of dealing with climate change
  • become familiar with key proposed solutions to climate change and the difficulties these may pose

Skills - the student shall demonstrate the ability to:

  • identify, understand, and to some degree apply, the key models and theories relating to the politics of climate change
  • identify dilemmas and trade-offs embodied in the proposed solutions

Learning methods and activities

2 hours of lectures per week throughout the semester and some seminars focusing on the term paper.

Compulsory assignments

  • Term paper

Further on evaluation

Form of assessment: 3 hours written exam.

Required previous knowledge

None

Course materials

To be decided at the start of the course.

Subject areas

  • Social Studies
  • Social Sciences
  • Political Science

Contact information

Course coordinator

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Sociology and Political Science

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: School exam
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2025

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code E Date 2025-11-22 Time 09:00 Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Place and room for school exam

The specified room can be changed and the final location will be ready no later than 3 days before the exam. You can find your room location on Studentweb.

Sluppenvegen 14
Room SL430
3 candidates
Room SL111 brun sone
1 candidate
Room SL110 hvit sone
12 candidates
Room SL110 turkis sone
36 candidates

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

School exam
Weighting 100/100 Examination aids Code E Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment Place and room Not specified yet.